Dausi says Chakwera is rude for calling Malawi President Mutharika ‘pathological liar’
Minister of Information, Communication and Technology Nicholas Dausi has hit back at the leader of the opposition Lazarus Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, who accused President Peter Mutharika of being “clueless, directionless and insensitive” to the people’s misery and suffering inflicted by power blackouts.
Chakwera on Thursday asked Mutharika to demonstrate seriousness resolve the electricity crisis facing the country.
But Dausi, who is also government spokesman, said Chakwera’s statement was littered with slurs which were demeaning and rude.
“Honourable Chakwera is well known to be a foul-mouthed man, insulting, giving crude remarks, rough cow, cut throat and plays antagonistic politics,” said Dausi.
Chakwera went to town to blast Mutharika on the energy crisis, making allegations of serious mismanagement and corruption of his aides at State House and State owned enterprises mandated to provide electricity to the nation.
“Instead of a strategic leader that is moved by your plight as Malawians, we have a president in Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika who seems clueless, directionless and insensitive to the people’s misery and suffering inflicted through these blackouts,” said Chakwera.
Chakwera said in Mutharika, “we have a pathological liar who chooses to feed Malawians lies to give them a sense of hope that their state president is concerned about their plight when his actions tell a different story.”
He said it has become apparent that the President and his charges take pleasure in the plight, suffering and misfortunes befalling Malawians as they use these unfortunate situations to cash in and enrich themselves.
“We saw it in the Zambia maize procurement saga. Instead of being concerned with your suffering as Malawians, senior members of the Mutharika government were busy finding ways to enrich themselves. I would have said much more about this had it not been that the matter is in court; we cannot comment much. The same can be said of the massive pilferage of medicines procured for the benefit of poor Malawians. Many people in government are benefiting through various evil schemes designed to deprive poor Malawians of medicines bought with their own taxes,” he said.
In the case of blackouts, Chakwera said instead of sincerely working to resolve the situation, Mutharika’s cronies have used the situation to enrich themselves.
“Whether this is with or without the blessing of the state president, we do not know yet. However, it is surprising that the State President has remained silent and has failed to act against on the allegation of serious misconduct of senior officials in his own government and ESCOM.,” he said.
Chakwera said President Mutharika seems to be “sleeping on the job and he cannot smell the rat in his own backyard”.
Meanwhile, Chakwera has asked President Mutharika to punish officers involved in the botched multi-million dollar standby generators procurement deal at Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom).
During a news conference in Lilongwe, Chakwera implicated Chief Secretary Lloyd Muhara and President’s Special Aide Collins Magalasi to be involved in the genset deal.
Chakwera called for a public inquiry into the foiled generators deal, saying asa a result of the blackouts many businesses have virtually failed and are closing shop: butcheries are seeing their meat turned to rot, salons cannot operate, maize mills cannot mill, welders cannot weld, hatcheries cannot hatch, students cannot study, hospitals have turned into death-zones as operating theatres cannot operate and vaccines cannot be stored, factories are operating at half-mast and incurring heavy losses; ordinary families with refrigerated foodstocks are suffering losses.
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Dausi, just send pictures of the Gen sets. Then the case is concluded.
Jamax sukudziwa chimene ukunena ngati ukudya nawo ingokhala chete.anthu tikuvutika ena wayankho alinawo iwe ukufuna kunena chan?malawi ungayifanizire ndi zambia?
kkkkkk I personally like this platfoam it’s really good reading different views and comments from one person to another – others are good but others are just hatred comments. But people of Malawi let’s learn from the past, meaning the problems we have gone through for us to be where we are now. I mean this Nation Malawi as we stand now is at total freedom compared to other Nations – were anyone whether kavuwevuwe or Namadyabwino can easily talk and write nonsense of the President. Refer this to the previous MCP era I tell you, you could have been made a delicious meat for crocdiles or you could have been put to the unknown exile.
One thing I admire from our current President is this he is very positioned & focussed the country Malawi has passed in so many Natural problems, donor support, cashgate etc but he is still strng and focussed and for this I personally I give him a CREDIT – there is no ship that can sail through the oceans for five years without meeting storms of hurricans and Tsunamis – each and every Nation has problems ask the Zambians they do have the same power problem but they are economically better than us. The main problems with us Malawians is that of cooking unknown problems when there is no problem. Politics is a dirty game if Dr. Chakwera being the man of God if at all he has concrete evidence that the DPP officialls has a hand in the genset deal why not go the ACB and provide this information so that the law can take it’s cause??? Let me tell you my fellow Malawians if we are to focuss so much on mere problems like the Children of Isreal did in the wilderness Malawi as a Nation will not go ahead we will not reach our Canaan. I want to ask you fellow MALAWIANS to humbly thank God on the good things he is doing to us – yes problems will be there but they should not make us loose our direction. Mind you NO any President can develop a Country in this WORLD own his own but the people in that country togather as ONE can make great changes by WORKING togather and by LOVING each other.
Look here – there are great plans which our Leader is putting in place but the very same people who are suffering from such problems are the ones who are in the forefront sabotaging such viable developments give examples – tapping water from the Lake to Lilongwe, tapping water from Mulanje Mt to Blantyre, Oil drilling & Gas drilling from the basement of lake Malawi, the shire River In-Land Port in Nsanje, Community Colleges in all Districks, the Green Belt Initiative, Goverment Reforms, the Kamwamba Coal Power Generation, the Road Networks being done across the Nation not forgeting the abandance of food and peace which God has given us ….. the list goes on and on. You will see that NOT many Malawians are in much support of these great initiatives and NOT many Malawian are able to thank God but rather they opt to focuss & tend to dwell on the few problems that have arisen.. Whether you LIKE it or NOT problems will be there why it’s because we are still in this cursed land,
My advice is this – let’s STOP castigating each other whether LOMWE, CHEWA, TUMBUKA, NGONI, MANG’ANJA< SENA etc we ALL belong to this loving Nation MALAWI which GOD gave us – therefore let's learn to appreciate what GOD has given us it was according to his plans that in the first place he gave our fore Fathers Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda as the first President, and it was his plan that he brought in Bakili Muluzi as the second President, thirdly by his plans he also made profsessor Bingu to rule this Nation after Bakili Muluzi. also it was his plan that he find it necessary to take Bingu away from us and made Amayi Joyce Banda as the President and currently it is him who has made PETER to rule this Nation …. therefore my fellow Malawians don't ever say that we made a mistake by chosing such such Leader NO the final authority is in the Hands of GOD read Romans 13 from verses 1. To say the trueth our PLANS are totally different from GOD's PLANS and usually God's plans are always successful. God bless you guyz I love you ALL. Goodnite!!!
Zingodyani ndalamazo amwene rather than wasting your time writing this stupid comment.
As far as Malawi politics is concern, DPP will still win the 2019 general elections because of biting poverty. Many Malawians are poor and still they will vote for Muthalika. But I still believe a Tumbuka is a good candidate to get Malawians out of poverty
Bravo Chakwera!! Telling the truth as is. DPP and its cohorts are THIEVES.
I remember in one of his state of the nation address in 2015, President Peter Mutharika talked about khani ya zakuzimazima kwa magetsi being histotry in 2 years to come. He said, “just wait for Kamwamba”. Two years meant that from the time the speech was made to this very moment I am posting this comment, we would have been enjoying the benefits of Kamwamba. But what has happened two years after the defiant promise? The worst black ins and load shedding programme in the history of Malawi. Where is Kamwamba Mr. President?
The govt has delayed Kamwamba project delibarately to become a campaign issue, just as they did with the Chitipa-Karonga road. This is how senseless and heartless this govt can be. The Kamwamba project was supposed to be operational by the end of 2017 but has been reseduled for openig towards the end of 2018 and early 2019; thus targetting the campaign period. But this plan will goof.
We are used to the barking of Mr. Dausi as the govt dog. Let him bark until his mouth fills with foam. Nanga pali zanzeru apa.
I highly respect the wisdom of Dr Chakwera that he has demonstrated by awakening this president on our behalf., this president Mutharika of DPP, whom some people erroneously elected, is not only sleeping walking but also is utterly inept. And Come 2019 Malawians are more than prepared to show him an exit door from the state house.
Once again, the Minister for Excuses and Denials is using words the way children throw rocks.
opposition ndi ncthito yophweka. even if you lie you do not become accountable, nobody sues you to court. opposition iri ngati udzu wolimidwa kale palibe amabwerera mbuyo kukalimbana ndi udzu oduludwa kale. you can not plan what to oppose next week but you only oppose everything that comes so that those in the playground should fail or should look stupid. then who is stupid. ooposition is not responsible for what has been erroneously opposed, instead they just oppose and oppose and oppose until sunset, shame!!! nthito yosasililika
I beg to differ. Peter is not a liar. Only that he is not in control of the country. He is told lies and he takes them whole sale. He then brings this to the public without verifying. The man doesn’t know what he is doing. He is not a leader. Bingu was though he became arrogant later but he was in control
Dausi clearly does not understand the job of Opposition, which is to keep the government on their toes, accountable for wrongs and open to the voice of the people. Chakwera is speaking the truth. If he wasn’t, poor Malawians would be leading a better life instead of suffering under even greater hardship than before.
Why wasting time with someone who is still nursing the wounds of the 2014 bruises? Have you ever heard Chakwera giving alternatives to the black-out problems. The man has nothing to offer and he will never find any to offer. My sympathy is to those who have a false and blind hope that Chakwera can make it in 2019. Always my question has been what magic will he play to win the votes which his predecessors who were more popular than him failed to do? Which areas will he amass the winning votes which he failed to amass in 2014? To those who say the youths who are a majority are tired of this govt and vote for Chakwera, what guarantee do they have that Chakwera will provide jobs? What kind of jobs will he provide? What magic will he do to create new jobs? I know that MCP is tired of being in opposition. Of course it pains a lot to be number two in all the five elections after multiparty. At least the party would have been given a chance to rule in a multiparty era. I can understand the hallucinations coming from this man. Especially when you are a cursed man after dumping the work of God. Let him dream that he is at Sanjika. That is the only way he can satisfy himself. Maloto a chumba.
Santana, ndinu munthu wanzeru zosaneneka. Are you in active politics or you just enjoy analyzing Malawian politics as it unfolds? Whatever your political affiliation, you are a big asset not only to your party but the nation as a whole.
Santana sadzatheka uyu amaoneka kuli anadya chi baz ku dpp…iwe ndiwe wa dpp ma comment ako palibe cha nzaru chimaveka
This is the same nonsense I read in the comment in The Nation today: The issue here is not what Chakwera can offer. The issue is what the hell happened to the procurement of the generators which were supposed to ease the blackouts? This is what APM should answer as President. The funds were set aside by Parliament and the DPP government owes the people of Malawi a duty to ensure that the generators are leased and start benefiting Malawians.
Whether Chakwera will become President one day is neither here nor there. APM and DPP were entrusted to run the affairs of Malawi for the benefit of Malawians; not just for their own selfish ends. If they fail to do this then they should be accountable to the people of Malawi.
And it should not just be Chakwera asking about what happened to the generator deal. Where is CAMA? Where is the Institute of Procurement and Supply? Where is the Chamber of Commerce? Where are the professional bodies? Where are the other opposition parties? This is our country – why do we allow a few greedy people to behave as if they own this country and they can do whatever they want with it? As long as we just look on as if running the country is a spectator sport, these DPP thieves will keep robbing us blind…
I think the issue here is not the bruises of 2014 but electricity at hand.The solution which is mid-term was the procurement of transformers which some of the cadets from ENGO have taken advantage to.
Mr santana dont cheat us.which Malawian president has taken hid of advice from the opposition?.zingodyani ndalamazo basi.You are such a wasted sperm .Akanadziwa makolo anu akanavala condom.
A Chakwera kulowa mboma osatenga mbuli zophunzila ngati izi nanunso tizakuchotsani.Tired of recycled politicians like Mr Dausi.
Chakwera is not only rude but also dull and plays mafia tacktics.. same as odinga
Countrymen, I personally feel that I am missing something here. There are several questions that Honorable Dausi needed to have responded to after reading/hearing Right Honorable Chakwera’s speech. I personally expected him to respond to substantive issues that the Leader of Opposition raised in his speech not the usual tired line that he has given here. He needed, for example, to have answered the following questions: a) Does the government feel justified for lifting the maize export ban October-end after poor farmers had sold off their maize to wealthy farm produce dealers at give away prices from April to October, 2017? What is government’s view on this? b) Is what government is saying that the economy is growing despite the incessant blackouts the nation is experiencing – paralyzing both big and small businesses – like the leader of opposition is arguing, true? Why? Has government carried out its own study on how the blackouts are affecting or not affecting households and the economy at large? c) How soon are the blackouts ending? Is it true that the country continues to lose more megawatts of power each week? If this is true, what is government planning to do in dealing with this problem? d) Has government bought back up generators? If it has, have these generators arrived in the country or are they on their way and when are they expected to be in the country? e) Is it true or not that some Malawians (including those in the corridors of power) are cashing in on the blackouts that Malawians are experiencing everyday? i.e. is the Leader of Opposition wrong that individual politicians and government officials (as mentioned in the speech) are/were involved in the purchase of generators meant to reduce the plight of Malawians? f) Is what the President said during the Mlakho wa Allomwe ceremony at Chonde correct or wrong: are the standby generators coming? When? g) Was the Aggreko/Escom contract cancelled? If it was, what was the reason and which company was awarded the contract instead? What procedures were followed for that company to be awarded the lucrative contract? h) What is this company called Altaaqa? is it really involved in the purchase of the standby generators? What is its role in this who deal? Did government single-source the standby generators from this company? On what grounds?
In my view, these are questions that Honorable Dausi needed to have answered if he were to prove to Malawians that indeed the Leader of Opposition was “clueless, rude, demeaning, insulting and not fit to be made a leader” like he (Hon. Dausi) has generally been quoted in the media today. The fact that he has failed to answer such questions suggests that there is truth in what the Leader of Opposition is saying to Malawians through his public address.
Secondly, I have my reservations for people on this forum to argue that the Leader of Opposition needed to have booked an appointment with the State President to present his concerns against the Mutharika-led government rather than making a public statement like he has done. Countrymen, let’s all remember that the DPP (as a party) has not wanted the leader of opposition or his surrogates to come any close to the State President or to attend any government function, cultural festival, or a funeral of a chief or senior government official. Memory is still fresh on how violence erupted at Providence Industrial Mission in March, at the Gonapamuhanya (in early October?) cultural festival or late chief Kabudula’s and late Justice Mbendera’s funeral! Through these acts or attempted acts of violence, does anyone on this forum expect the DPP officials to accept a meeting between Mutharika and Chakwera to take place any time soon?? I have my doubts. In my honest opinion, DPP has made up its mind neither to listen to the Leader of Opposition nor to allow the State President to share any podium with him. Those who live in Malawi know what I am talking about. So, I have no problem with Dr. Chakwera making public statements. This is the only way feasible. Unfortunately, the country will continue to be polarized.
My prayer and hope is that DPP will soon realize that this country belongs to everyone including those who don’t belong to their fold. As a multiparty democracy, they should allow everyone one to hold their own opinion and to decide which party to belong to. Bigotry will not work. Malawians are a clever people.
Just my 2 tambala opinion.
Kent Y.G. Mphepo – Blantyre
I give thanks for a fresh wind from the south.
Inuyo a Dausi pamodzi ndi DPP yonse ndiame muli very rude kwa ife a Malawi, you want us to be clapping hands while you’re stealing, getting rich from our taxes. Munali ndani inu nduna za DPP in 2014 lero you’re DONORS — misonkho yathu!!! Nenani fundo zanu a Dausi, where are the GENSETS? you’ve been talking about gensets since 2015, where are they?
Now I believe truth hurts and responses from both State House and Administration Spokepersons speaks it all.
In fact he is delusional. The first step is to accept the fact that the present machinery for electricity production has become small to satisfy the demand at hand, we have bloated households. To make things worse the machinery is worn out. Even worse still because of our unreasonable reproduction we have bloated the population with resultant destruction of natural resources that has impacted on our hydro dependent electricity. This is a result of long negligence that can’t be directed just at the present government. It is also the result of incapable engineers of the land. Our engineers/scientists aren’t efficient at all. Universities are around to solve problems like these and not the president. Where have engineers been all this time? So it is childish of Chakwera to direct blame on APM. The plight of malawi is compounded and it doesn’t need hatred between ruling and the opposition rather unity.
Obviously you did not read/listen to the speech. The speech was largely about how the procurement of emergency gen sets which should have been up and running by now, has been mismanaged and delayed because some few individuals would like to personally benefit. All under APM very nose. So who else to blame??
Itsnow close to 15 years DPP in power. Was this not enough time to resolve the power problems? What about the generator issues? is it the other governments that have messed the contracts? is it not corrupt DPP?
If Bakili Muluzi’s reign is referred to as the “lost decade”, APM’s rule will be referred to as the “worthless five years” in Malawi’s history. They talk of reforms when they cannot reform themselves. I thought one area we needed to reform was recruitment of public officers. All applicants to public positions should go through the interview process and selected on merit. But look at what happened. Members of the Civil Service and Public Reforms Commission got positions on a silver platter. Each time we take one step forward, we take two backward.
DPP has a beautiful manifesto. I wonder if APM and his cronies were authors of that manifesto. Their actions so far tell a different story. Who did they hire to do it for them? They should have at least taken out what they felt was over and above their capabilities instead of giving people promises they knew would be hard to fulfill.
If there are professionals who are meticulous in their dealings are lawyers. It therefore baffles me that our president at one time misplaced a point on the value of the assets he declared. Unless you are quoting exchange rates, monetary values are shown to two decimal places. The explanation given then, indicates that the value of assets declared was shown to four decimal places.
I can’t therefore agree more to Chakwela’s observation.
That is exactly what Peter Muthalika is-pathological liar. If he is not them his mouth and brain are not connected. He speaks what he does not know.
Its high time we take an action as Malawians. This is too much we are being taken for granted. A Dausi mulibe manyazi can you respond with facst not zanu zobwebwetazo.. We the youth of Malawi its time lets make our voices heard
I don’t find anything new in Chakwera’s moaning. He has been moaning about the same tune since 2014. So for those who find this touching, you’re just as power hungry as Chakwera. But hey, maybe one day and night you’ll be in power, just remember that the opposition of then, will never spare you any rudeness. Just remember Mr chakwera that dirty politics wasn’t started by you in your MCP world. ask your friend John Tembo, that is if you are still friends. What you should be aware now is that John Tembo never insulted any tribe but yet he lost. You on other hand Mr Chakwera you’re insulting the Lhomwes and i mean millions of lhomwes, that’s automatically your votes minus millions of lhomwes you are insulting. Mwina asena angakuvotere koma ndi osadandaulitsa chifukwa chiwerengelo chawo sichokwana kusankha president. Chigawo cha pakati ndi kumpoto pazokha sizinasankhepo president. Good luck 2019 Mr day dreaming president.
You are deluded if not deranged man if you think the issues raised here are purely political. I’m nonpolitical man but i see the suffering the blackouts are causing, My business has gone down because of pour leadership. how do you expect the country to grow when the vital ingredients for development are being ignored? uneducated happy clappers like you fuel this disaster because you are blinded by tribalism.
Dr. Chakwera has facts here. Argue with facts u Cadet!
Mr Dausi are you sure you are looking for people who are still polite about electricity issue. Forget it.
No no no no no Dautsi! Please please even if we know that you are paid for this but sometimes its wise to accept the truth when it is spoken, and collect the mistake, rather than accusing the innocent Chakwela. If I may ask you, Do you remeber that this very President of ours and his government sometime in 2015 promised this nation that within the period of 12 month power would improve because government has purchased generators to add up power on the grid, but after 24 months things have not changed. so where is Chakwela making mistakes. Leave him alone he has full support of every Malawian of good will and you can not dispute that. Please Mr next president keep up on we love you and we support your cause, its for the better of this mother Malawi. Mbavazi musazisiye choncho nazoni anthu tashupika maningi.
Dausi tsutsani ma facts given not langauge used. Defending undefendables. We are suffering too much. You are lucky Chakwera was economical with words. Muli ndi mwayi Chakwera amayankhula mwaulemu komanso ndi fundo. Ambiri a Ife ndiye simukanakondwa. Mwina mukanalakalaka mutatipanga njaunju or Chasowa.
Who can say Chakwera is telling us lies in the last paragraph? Malawi dziko lokoma lija lasanduka NYASI……..Ukhala kumalawi kwasunduka ngat kundende….ufulu uja watha…..My question is; Kodi mMalawi muno mulidi Boma? Ngati lilipo libwere poyera unena izo likupanga……..KUBA BASI….Nanuso mipingo, mumatidi ngi akhilistu anudi mbavazi? a mipingoni osawagwetsa bwanji akubawa? No wonder Malawi is among the poorest countries in the world…..MALAWI WASANDUKA MALO ACHILANGO…….MAYO MALAWI WANGA INEEEEEEEE
Chikuzgewa na chakuyowowa mwawanthu nadi ungawa ukhalilo uwu?
A Dausi, kodi Chakwera akunama or akunena zoona? When you state facts does it matter how you say it?
at the end of the day, Chakwera is stating the facts, APM has no idea of what is happening or his part of the scheme happening in the government.
A Dausi atsutse zomwe Chakwera akunena ngati ndi zabodza koma zoti ayi ndi wamwano ndizosagwira ife tikufuna chilungamo ndinu anthu akuba
The President has spoken. We are waiting eagerly to solving these problems.